Bush campaign "lowering expectations" for a "big convention bounce"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

President Bush (news - web sites)'s re-election campaign is lowering expectations for a big bounce in opinion polls from the Republican nominating convention in New York next week. Campaign advisers said they expect Bush to gain at most a jump of three or four percentage points from the national attention he and the Republican Party will get during the four-day televised event. Bush speaks at the Port of Portland in Oregon, August 13, 2004. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

[Catfight]

1. Hopefully the protesters will get more coverage!

[lancdem]

2. They're doing this

so if Bush gets a 5-point jump they can claim exceeded expectations.

[Cronus Protagonist]

3. They're trying to get us to misunderestimate them

Again. Won't work this time. We're onto them.


SHOVE IT! - Drop Bush Not Bombs! - Hero Kerry AWOL Bush
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[Bush_Eats_Beef]

4. Yep, like the "we have added 1.5 million jobs" ploy...

I can't wait to see his first appearance before the cameras after returning from "vacation." He's either going to try to smirk and swagger his way through it or he'll go back into the stuttering, blithering idiot mode of recent days. Kerry and Edwards have been calling him out...HARD...for the last few days. Edwards is right. When he responds, Bush WILL show us what kind of "man" he is.

[annabanana]

5. 20 point bounce, 20 point bounce!

[rullery]

7. What bounce?

20 POINT DROP! 20 POINT DROP! People will finally realize what slime the GOP sponsored Swift Boat Liars are!

[blondeatlast]

8. It's about raising expectations. The Bunnpants team lowered them in the

hopes they will get a bigger bounce and it will make them look even better.

Therefore, if we can get the media whores to believe he'll get a double digit bounce, their tactic fails.

[MoonRiver]

6. And he's already started talking about losing the election.

Guess those internals are looking pretty dismal for AWOL. :D